STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9291 IN SENATE May 9, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 2 AN ACT to amend chapter 471 of the laws of 2023 relating to authorizing the City of White Plains to alienate property owned by the City of White Plains and operated as the former Galleria of White Plains public parking garage, in relation to the relevant parcels The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Sections 1 and 2 of chapter 471 of the laws of 2023, relat- 2 ing to authorizing the City of White Plains to alienate property 3 owned by the City of White Plains and operated as the former Galleria of 4 White Plains public parking garage, are amended to read as follows: 5 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section seventy-two-j of 6 the general municipal law to the contrary, the City of White Plains, 7 acting by and through its common council, may sell, lease for a term not 8 exceeding ninety-nine years, or otherwise dispose of, to any person, 9 firm or corporation, without public auction or sealed bids, subject to 10 such conditions as it may impose for the service of the public and the 11 protection of the public interest, [four] five parcels of property owned 12 by the City of White Plains included on the Urban Renewal Plan for the 13 Central Renewal Project (NY R-37) and operated as the former Galleria of 14 White Plains public parking garage, for the purpose of facilitating a 15 transit-oriented residential and commercial development project that 16 will include affordable housing and contain public spaces, provided that 17 such person, firm or corporation shall make available an adequate 18 amount of public parking, public space, and affordable housing as deter- 19 mined by the City of White Plains. 20 § 2. The [four] five parcels of property authorized by this act to be 21 disposed of by the City of White Plains are parcels of real property 22 with improvements thereon, consisting of approximately [3.9] 3.71 acres, 23 and more specifically described as follows: 24 PARCEL 1: 25 All that volume of space, situate, lying and being in the City of 26 White Plains, County of Westchester and State of New York shown and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15490-02-4
S. 9291 2 1 designated as Parcel "B" on a certain map entitled, "Survey of Central 2 Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 23, prepared for White 3 Plains Urban Renewal Agency, situate in City of White Plains, Westches- 4 ter County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James W. Delano and 5 filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County (Division 6 of Land Records) on 6/8/78 as Map No. 19512 which lies above the hori- 7 zontal plane having elevation 233.50 feet above the datum level in use 8 by the City of White Plains which datum level is the National Geodetic 9 Survey Standard Datum 1929, said volume is bounded by and lies within 10 the vertical planes which are formed by projecting vertically upward the 11 boundaries of all that plot or parcel described as follows: 12 Beginning at a point on the proposed westerly right-of-way line of 13 Grove Street which point is identified North 376,179.184 and East 14 [688,388.729] 655,388.729 the New York State Plane Coordinate System, 15 and proceeding; 16 Thence, along the proposed westerly right-of-way line of Grove Street, 17 South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 66.000 feet; 18 Thence, across proposed Grove Street, North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 19 seconds East 111.333 feet to the proposed easterly right-of-way line of 20 Grove Street; 21 Thence, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove 22 Street[;], North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 66.000 feet; 23 Thence, across proposed Grove Street, South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 24 seconds West 111.333 feet to the Point of Beginning. 25 PARCEL 2: 26 [All that volume of space, situate, lying and being in the City of 27 White Plains, County of Westchester and State of New York, shown and 28 designated as Parcel "E-2" on a certain map entitled, "Survey of Central 29 Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 & 23, prepared for White Plains 30 Urban Renewal Agency, situated in City of White Plains, Westchester 31 County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James W. Delano and filed 32 in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County (Division of 33 Land Records) on June 8, 1978 as Map No. 19512 which lies above the 34 horizontal plane having an elevation of 222.08 feet above the datum 35 level in use by the City of White Plains, which datum level is the 36 National Geodetic Survey Standard Datum 1929, said Volume is bounded by 37 and lien within the vertical planes which are formed by projecting 38 vertically upward, the boundaries of all that plot or parcel described 39 as follows: 40 Beginning at a point which is intersection of the proposed easterly 41 right-of-way line of Grove Street with the proposed southerly right-of- 42 way line of Main Street, which point is further identified as North 43 376,419.026 and East 655,455.307 in the New York State Plane Coordinate 44 System, East Zone, and proceeding; 45 Thence, along the proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street, 46 North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds East 116.583 feet to a point; 47 Thence, South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 149.915 feet to 48 a point; 49 Thence, South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 116.583 feet to 50 the proposed easterly right-of way line of Grove Street; 51 Thence, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street, 52 North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 149.916 feet to the 53 proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street at the Point of 54 Beginning.] 55 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and 56 being in the City of White Plains, County of Westchester and State of
S. 9291 3 1 New York shown and designated as Parcel A on a certain map entitled, 2 "Survey of Central Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 23, 3 prepared for White Plains Urban Renewal Agency, situate in City of White 4 Plains, Westchester County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James 5 W. Delano and filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester 6 County (Division of Land Records) on June 8, 1978, as Map No. 19512, 7 said parcel being more particularly bounded and described as follows: 8 BEGINNING at a point on the proposed northerly right-of-way line of 9 Martine Avenue 213.080 feet west of a point which is the westerly end of 10 a curve connecting the proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine 11 Avenue with the proposed westerly right-of-way line of Court Street, and 12 which Point-of-Beginning is further identified as North 376,100.737 and 13 East 655,720.346 in the New York State Plane Coordinate System, East 14 Zone, and proceeding 15 THENCE, the following courses and distances: North 10 degrees 56 16 minutes 53.1 seconds West 103.334 feet; North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 17 seconds East 10.651 feet; North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 18 29.333 feet; South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 10.651 feet; 19 North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 80.250 feet; and South 79 20 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 197.100 feet to the proposed east- 21 erly right-of-way line of Grove Street; 22 THENCE, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street, 23 the following courses and distances: 24 South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 72.917 feet; 25 South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 2.250 feet; 26 South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 121.449 feet to an angle 27 point; 28 THENCE, South 55 degrees 56 minutes 53 seconds East 26.235 feet to the 29 proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine Avenue; 30 THENCE, along the proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine 31 Avenue, North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds East 180.799 feet to 32 the Point of BEGINNING. 33 PARCEL 3: 34 [ALL that volume of space, situate, lying and being in the City of 35 White Plains, County of Westchester and State of New York, shown and 36 designated as Parcel "E-2" on a certain map entitled, "Survey of Central 37 Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 & 23, prepared for White Plains 38 Urban Renewal Agency, situated in City of White Plains, Westchester 39 County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James W. Delano and filed 40 in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County (Division of 41 Land Records) on June 8, 1978 as Map No. 19512 which lies above the 42 horizontal plane having an elevation of 222.08 feet above the datum 43 level in use by the City of White Plains, which datum level is the 44 National Geodetic Survey Standard Datum 1929, said Volume is bounded by 45 and lien within the vertical planes which are formed by projecting 46 vertically upward, the boundaries of all that plot or parcel described 47 as follows: 48 Beginning at a point which is intersection of the proposed easterly 49 right-of-way line of Grove Street with the proposed southerly right-of- 50 way line of Main Street, which point is further identified as North 51 376,419.026 and East 655,455.307 in the New York State Plane Coordinate 52 System, East Zone, and proceeding; 53 Thence, along the proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street, 54 North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds East 116.583 feet to a point; 55 Thence, South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 149.915 feet to 56 a point;
S. 9291 4 1 Thence, South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 116.583 feet to 2 the proposed easterly right-of way line of Grove Street; 3 Thence, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street, 4 North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 149.916 feet to the 5 proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street at the Point of 6 Beginning.] 7 ALL that volume of space, situate, lying and being in the City of 8 White Plains, County of Westchester and State of New York shown and 9 designated as Parcel "D-1" on a certain map entitled, "Survey of Central 10 Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 & 23, prepared for White Plains 11 Urban Renewal Agency, situate in the City of White Plains, Westchester 12 County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James W. Delano and filed 13 in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County (Division of 14 Land Records) on 6/8/78 as Map No. 19512, which lies below the horizon- 15 tal plane having elevation 222.08 feet above the datum level in use by 16 the City of White Plains, which datum level is the National Geodetic 17 Survey Standard Datum 1929, said volume is bounded by and lies within 18 the vertical planes which are formed by projecting vertically downward 19 the boundaries of all that plot or parcel described as follows: 20 BEGINNING at a point on the proposed Southerly right-of-way line of 21 Main Street 235.676 feet westerly of the Westerly end of a curve 22 connecting the proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street with 23 the proposed westerly right-of-way line of Court Street, which point of 24 BEGINNING is further identified as North 376,475.623 and East 25 655,630.497 in the New York State Plane Coordinate System, East Zone and 26 proceeding: 27 THENCE, along the proposed Southerly right-of-way line of Main Street, 28 South 80 degrees 03 minutes 08 seconds West 65.177 feet to a point; 29 THENCE, South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 173.348 feet to 30 a point; 31 THENCE, North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds East 65.167 feet to a 32 point; 33 THENCE, North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 172.210 feet to 34 the proposed southerly right-of way line of Main Street at the point of 35 BEGINNING. 36 PARCEL 4: 37 [All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and 38 being in the City of Plains, County of Westchester and State of New York 39 shown and designated as Parcel A on a certain map entitled, "Survey of 40 Central Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 23, prepared for 41 White Plains Urban Renewal Agency, situate in City of White Plains, 42 Westchester County, York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James W. Delano 43 and filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County (Divi- 44 sion of Land Records) on June 8, 1978, as Map No. 19512, said parcel 45 being more particularly bounded and described as follows: 46 Beginning at a point on the proposed northerly right-of-way line of 47 Martine Avenue 213.080 feet west of a point which is the westerly end of 48 a curve connecting the proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine 49 Avenue with the proposed westerly right-of-way line of Court Street, and 50 which Point of Beginning is further identified as North 376,100.737 and 51 East 655,720.346 in the New York State Plane Coordinate System, East 52 Zone, and proceeding 53 Thence, the following courses and distances: 54 North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 103.334 feet; North 79 55 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds East 10.651 feet; North 10 degrees 56 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 29.333 feet; South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9
S. 9291 5 1 seconds West 10.651 feet; North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 2 80.250 feet; and South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 197.100 3 feet to the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street; 4 Thence, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street, 5 the following courses and distances: 6 South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 72.917 feet; 7 South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 2.250 feet; 8 South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 121.449 feet to an angle 9 point; 10 Thence South 55 degrees 56 minutes 53 seconds East 26.235 feet to the 11 proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine Avenue; 12 Thence along the proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine 13 Avenue, North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9" East 100.799 feet to the Point 14 of Beginning.] 15 ALL that volume of space, situate, lying and being in the City of 16 White Plains, County of Westchester and State of New York shown and 17 designated as Parcel "E-1" on a certain map entitled, ''Survey of 18 Central Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 23, prepared for 19 White Plains Urban Renewal Agency, situate in City of White Plains, 20 Westchester County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James W. Dela- 21 no and filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County 22 (Division of Land Records) on 6/8/78 as Map No. 19512 which lies below 23 the horizontal plane having elevation 222.08 feet above the datum level 24 in use by the City of White Plains, which datum level is the National 25 Geodetic Survey Standard Datum 1929, said volume is bounded by and lies 26 within the vertical planes which are formed by projecting vertically 27 downward the boundaries of all that plot or parcel described as follows: 28 BEGINNING at a point which is the intersection of the proposed easter- 29 ly right-of-way line of Grove Street with the proposed southerly right- 30 of-way line of Main Street, which point is further identified as North 31 376,419.026 and East 655,455.307 in the New York State Plane Coordinate 32 System East Zone, and proceeding: 33 THENCE, along the proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street, 34 the following courses and distances: North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 35 seconds East 116.583 feet; North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 36 23.450 feet; and North 80 degrees 03 minutes 08 seconds East 1.000 feet 37 to a point; 38 THENCE, South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 173.348 feet to 39 a point; 40 THENCE, South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 117.583 feet to 41 the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street; 42 THENCE, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of Grove Street, 43 North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 149.916 feet to the 44 proposed southerly right-of-way line of Main Street at the Point of 45 BEGINNING. 46 PARCEL 5: 47 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and 48 being in the City of White Plains, County of Westchester and State of 49 New York shown and designated as Parcel "I" on a certain map entitled, 50 "Survey of Central Renewal Project Parcels Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 23, 51 prepared for White Plains Urban Renewal Agency situate in City of White 52 Plains, Westchester County, New York" dated May 15, 1978, made by James 53 W. Delano and filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester 54 County (Division of Land Records) on 6/8/78 as Map No. 19512, said 55 parcel being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
S. 9291 6 1 BEGINNING at a point on the proposed easterly right-of-way line of 2 South Lexington Avenue, at the northerly end of a curve connecting the 3 proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine Avenue with the proposed 4 easterly right-of-way line of South Lexington Avenue, which Point of 5 Beginning is further identified as North 375,939.901 and East 6 654,781.518 in the New York State Plane Coordinate System, East Zone, 7 and proceeding; 8 THENCE, in a southerly to easterly direction along a curve to the left 9 having a radius of 20.00 feet and a central angle of 91 degrees 07 10 minutes 40.1 seconds a distance of 31.81 feet to the proposed northerly 11 right-of-way line of Martine Avenue; 12 THENCE, along the proposed northerly right-of-way line of Martine 13 Avenue, North 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds East 593.837 feet to a 14 point of curvature; 15 THENCE, along a curve to the left having a radius of 20.00 feet and a 16 central angle of 94 degrees 53 minutes 00.1 seconds a distance of 33.121 17 feet to a point on the proposed westerly right-of-way line of Grove 18 Street; THENCE, along the proposed westerly right-of-way line of Grove 19 Street, along the following courses and distances: 20 North 80 degrees 34 minutes 00.5 seconds East 7.847 feet; 21 North 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds West 118.505 feet; 22 South 79 degrees 03 minutes 06.9 seconds West 649.583 feet to the 23 proposed easterly right-of-way line of South Lexington Avenue; 24 THENCE, along the proposed easterly right-of-way line of South Lexing- 25 ton Avenue, the following courses and distances: 26 South 10 degrees 56 minutes 53.1 seconds East 119.654 feet; and 27 North 78 degrees 42 minutes 26.5 seconds East 7.978 feet to a point 28 which is the Point of BEGINNING. 29 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.